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Road trip USA cross-country adventures on America's two-lane highways

Criss-cross the country on America's two-lane highways with the 25th anniversary edition of the ultimate guide to the classic road trip. InsideRoad Trip USA you'll find: 11 routes through the heart of America, mile-by-mile highlights, over 125 streamlined maps, full-color photos and illustrations, e...

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Main Author: Jensen, Jamie (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : Avalon Travel, 2021.
Edition:Ninth edtion, 25th anniversary edition.
Series:Road Trip USA.
Subjects:
Automobile travel > United States > Guidebooks.
Appalachian Trail > Guidebooks.
Atlantic Coast (America) > Guidebooks.
Great River Road > Guidebooks.
Oregon National Historic Trail > Guidebooks.
Pacific Coast (America) > Guidebooks.
United States > Guidebooks.
United States > Tours.
United States Highway 66 > Guidebooks.
Guidebooks.
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Summary:Criss-cross the country on America's two-lane highways with the 25th anniversary edition of the ultimate guide to the classic road trip. InsideRoad Trip USA you'll find: 11 routes through the heart of America, mile-by-mile highlights, over 125 streamlined maps, full-color photos and illustrations, expert advice.
Item Description:"Moon"--Title page.
"Ninth edition"--Back cover.
"25th Anniversary edition"--Title page.
Physical Description:964 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 22 cm + 1 foldout color map
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781640494473
1640494472
Author Notes:Growing up along Route 66 in Southern California, Jamie Jensen was immersed in road trip culture at an early age. Back then, freeways were new, cheeseburgers cost a quarter, and every beach had a waterfront amusement park. Family road trips to national parks and historic sites nurtured an appreciation of the USA's distinctive natural landscapes, one-of-a-kind attractions, and unexpected local traditions. A summer break from studying architecture in college turned into a two-year odyssey driving, hiking, biking, and hitch-hiking all over the continent. Odd jobs became unforgettable experiences. He made hay in the summer heat of the Midwest, crewed sailboats from Cape Cod to Chesapeake Bay, and tuned guitars in a Manhattan recording studio. A fondness for old road maps and a chance encounter with the 1930s WPA Guides led to an obsessive exploration of the two-lane highways that preceded today's interstate freeways. To spread the word about small-town businesses surviving in the face of anonymous "big box" chain stores and sprawling suburbs, Jamie set to work on Road Trip USA , which first appeared in 1996. Since that prehistoric era of paper maps and pay phones, technology has brought once-distant places ever closer. New generations have been busy reviving old gas stations as microbreweries and turning historic warehouses into farmers markets. Meanwhile, parenting his twin sons Tom and Alex provided Jamie with a good excuse for enjoying minor league baseball games, studying historic plaques, and taking silly photos of roadside dinosaurs and supersized Paul Bunyans. After a half-million miles spent in search of the perfect stretch of two-lane blacktop, the joy of discovery remains strong. Jamie still feels that sense of adventure every time he gets behind the wheel and heads out on the road.

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